Muscle health, encompassing muscle mass, composition, strength, physical performance and patient-reported outcomes, is a key determinant of clinical outcomes across the life course and a wide range of disease states. Despite growing recognition of its importance, muscle health remains insufficiently …

Introduction Reduced aerobic capacity and frailty are highly prevalent in liver transplant candidates and are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Although exercise-based prehabilitation is safe and effective, adherence remains a challenge. Home-based prehabilitation may improve participation, …

OBJECTIVES: Amplitude-mode (A-mode) ultrasonography is a promising technique to monitor loss and recovery of skeletal muscle in patients with burns. However, its clinimetric properties are unknown. Therefore, we determined its feasibility, interrater, and intrarater reliability, and clinical utility. …

Sarcopenia is registered as a disease code (ICD-10) in the 10th edition of the International Classification of Diseases and has been reported to be associated with cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and subsequent progression to a state requiring long-term care and death. Frailty is diagnosed using …

Background: The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) introduced an approach for malnutrition diagnosis in 2019 that comprised screening followed by assessment of three phenotypic criteria (weight loss, low body mass index [BMI], and low muscle mass) and two etiologic criteria (reduced …

The assessment of skeletal muscle volume is valuable for fundamental research and clinical practice, but remains limited in larger cohorts due to its time-consuming nature. Here, we developed a method to accurately estimate vastus lateralis (VL) muscle volume based on a single measurement of anatomical …

Studies evaluating the effects of power training in older adults use a variety of measurement tools and outcome parameters, limiting comparability of results and calling the validity of conclusions into question. This study aimed to identify a core outcome set (COS) to measure the effects of power training …

OBJECTIVES: Assessment of malnutrition-related muscle depletion with computed tomography (CT) using skeletal muscle index (SMI) and muscle radiation attenuation (MRA) at the third lumbar vertebra is well validated. However, SMI and MRA values at other vertebral locations and interchangeability as parameters …